Twenty years of disappointed expectations Anniversary reflections on perestroika and its creator Yaroslav Butakov Publication date: March 9, 2005 Secretary General with a human face March 10 marks exactly 20 years since that fateful moment when M.S. Gorbachev ascended to the “throne” of the Soviet state. The Russian Empire formally ended with Tsar Michael, the brother of Nicholas II, who “reigned” for less than a day.

Women things Gender aspect of politics Konstantin Krylov Publication date: March 9, 2005 On the 8th of March - an event invented for a petty political need and preserved in the USSR (and then in Russia) as “Women’s Day”. Together with the accompanying rituals (cute eyes, a feast, “congratulations to our dear women,” etc), the holiday has become a full-fledged part of folk culture - it will be celebrated even after any official “cancellation,” even if some new authorities suddenly encroach.

Spring, however. From the point of view of Abrahamic universalism, postmodernity and the accompanying chaos of languages ​​of faith should be seen as the effect of Babylonian confusion, as the apotheosis of the disintegration of man who has moved away from God. Postmodernity is a temptation, a frenzy, an attempt to destroy all three categorical barriers: globalization destroys the cultural, Eastern practices - psychophysical, neoliberalism as an apology for minimizing the state - political.

Making a reader and fighting him Ivan Davydov Dear reader! You can enter into a debate with the author of this article, write about it, which will be published on this page. I am very glad that I found YOUR email address and tell you everything about your moronic literature 1-3 grades. STRELTSOVA, TAMARCHENKO.

How to beat compost What kind of media do we need: basic parameters Dmitry Olshansky Publication date: March 9, 2005 Humus “Fewer magazines and newspapers, bad and identical!” - this could be the motto of the current, in all respects mournful era.

Magazine reading. Issue 189 Inna Bulkina Publication date: March 9, 2005 Now it’s the turn of “Emergency Reserve” and “UFO”, which this time are not just stale (the online version obviously doesn’t keep up with the paper version), but very old. The last issue of “Non-Fiction Reading” was in January, the last issues of “NLO” and “NZ” gave way to the Ukrainian “orange” ones, now we have to catch up.

Russians in Latvia: search for identity "Psychology of the victim" or service to Russian civilization? Valery Gerasimov Publication date: March 9, 2005 "We are Russians! What a delight!" Alexander Suvorov Prologue The idea of ​​uniting the Russian community has been seeking its implementation in Latvia for more than ten years. There are many organizations in memory - emerging, disintegrating, budding and merging.

Meanness as a sign of loyalty Oleg Kashin Publication date: March 9, 2005 This story was written about a lot last year in Moscow newspapers.

The joys of intoxication Political Science Week: March 3 - 9 Andrey Levkin Publication date: March 9, 2005 It seems that only Politcom paid attention to the fact that on March 5 a year had passed since Mr. Fradkov was appointed prime minister. Perhaps the reason for the lack of attention to the date was the sudden appearance of Mr. Kasyanov, who, therefore, used the anniversary of his resignation to his advantage. But Politkom paid attention to Fradkov.

Last year, a lot was written about this story in Moscow newspapers. The story is really funny, Unterprishibevschina in its pure form: a year ago, on the eve of the presidential election, the Kaliningrad police and the prosecutor’s office were knocked down in search of, presumably, the main criminal of the Kaliningrad region, an unknown citizen who stamped the slogan “Russia without Putin” on ten -ruble bills. It was not difficult to find and catch this person.

The topic of the inviolability of private life, or, as it is now fashionable to say, Privacy, of those when discussing which the common sense of most discussing is disconnected. Last week, in this regard, the site "Civil Control" was pleased. The chairman of the branch of the human rights organization "Memorial" of the Komi Republic revealed the conspiracy of the local FSB and the Supreme Court of the Republic, aimed no less than unlimited secret surveillance of citizens.

School of slander The Economist Publication date: March 9, 2005 Is the MBA to blame for the moral decay of top managers? Several corporate scandals erupted in the United States at the beginning of this decade, which have been resurfaced in recent court hearings in New York and Alabama.

In spring, however. From the point of view of Abrahamic universalism, postmodernity and the accompanying chaos of languages ​​of faith should be seen as the effect of Babylonian confusion, as the apotheosis of the disintegration of man who has moved away from God. Postmodernity is a temptation, a frenzy, an attempt to destroy all three categorical barriers: globalization destroys the cultural, Eastern practices - psychophysical, neoliberalism as an apology for minimizing the state - political.